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CIA Reading Room 06813852: ANNAN, KOFI

Approved for Release: 2020/07/29 C06813852 Kofi ANNAN (Phonetic: ANen) Secretary General, UN (since 1997) Addressed as: Mr. Secretary General Kofi Annan has significantly boosted the prestige and influence of the office of the secretary general in his first two and a half years in the post. Annan' s sophisticated representation �of the UN to the public has increased international support for the organization's activities, while his efforts to stave off war with Iraq and win extradition of the Pan Am 103 bombing suspects�although severely criticized in some quarters�has led to renewed calls for…